G'day everyone
After a couple of years absence from brewing, some spare time got me thinking about brewing again. So out came the fermenter, I found some cans of brew in the back of the cupboard and a simple stout was laid down to stock the fridge with. It feremented out just fine and was bottled.
Now, a couple more leftover cans of No Frills draught beckoned. But thinkking that they had been around for a while that the yeast may not be that active, I thought I might as well reuse the yeast from the Coopers stout I had just made. So i washed it a bit and tipped it into my other (sanitised) fermenter. Added the two cans and 500g of destrose, plus the two yeast satchets to 23l - OG 1055. Chucked in some coriander and lemon peel, plus some Saaz hops pellets from the fridge. Fermentation kicked off nicely within a few hours. Not a flash brew, but a quick and tasty fridge filler, I hope.
About 2am i was woken by a bang. Thinking it was the possum trap I had put up in the roof, I went back to sleep happy I had finally caught the miscreant marsupial who had been playing football up there for a while. However, on checking the trap in the morning, no possum, trap still open. Hmm.
Searching the house, I finally found the answer. During the night, the lid had exploded off my fermenter, and there was serious fermentation going on. Plus krausen "bits" up the wall, over the floor and on the cupdoards in my laundry. Bugger! Plus the FG is down to 1016 in less than 24hrs - that's fast.
So what happened? My guess is that the krausen frothed right up to the lid, clogged the airlock and blasted the lid off due to the rapid fermentation. At least i know the ferementer seals! Any other ideas? Ever had this happen?
My question is, given the lid was off for 5-6 hours, is my beer likely to have caught an infection? Should I just keep going and see what happens?
Comments welcome
cheers
powerd
After a couple of years absence from brewing, some spare time got me thinking about brewing again. So out came the fermenter, I found some cans of brew in the back of the cupboard and a simple stout was laid down to stock the fridge with. It feremented out just fine and was bottled.
Now, a couple more leftover cans of No Frills draught beckoned. But thinkking that they had been around for a while that the yeast may not be that active, I thought I might as well reuse the yeast from the Coopers stout I had just made. So i washed it a bit and tipped it into my other (sanitised) fermenter. Added the two cans and 500g of destrose, plus the two yeast satchets to 23l - OG 1055. Chucked in some coriander and lemon peel, plus some Saaz hops pellets from the fridge. Fermentation kicked off nicely within a few hours. Not a flash brew, but a quick and tasty fridge filler, I hope.
About 2am i was woken by a bang. Thinking it was the possum trap I had put up in the roof, I went back to sleep happy I had finally caught the miscreant marsupial who had been playing football up there for a while. However, on checking the trap in the morning, no possum, trap still open. Hmm.
Searching the house, I finally found the answer. During the night, the lid had exploded off my fermenter, and there was serious fermentation going on. Plus krausen "bits" up the wall, over the floor and on the cupdoards in my laundry. Bugger! Plus the FG is down to 1016 in less than 24hrs - that's fast.
So what happened? My guess is that the krausen frothed right up to the lid, clogged the airlock and blasted the lid off due to the rapid fermentation. At least i know the ferementer seals! Any other ideas? Ever had this happen?
My question is, given the lid was off for 5-6 hours, is my beer likely to have caught an infection? Should I just keep going and see what happens?
Comments welcome
cheers
powerd
